lay
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/leɪ/]
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Senses
1. lay (verb) — sense 1
Definition: To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
Example: to lay a book on the table; to lay a body in the grave
2. lay (verb) — sense 2
Definition: To cause to subside or abate.
Example: The cloudes, as things affrayd, before him flye; / But all so soone as his outrageous powre / Is layd, they fiercely then begin to shoure […]
3. lay (verb) — sense 3
Definition: To compel a supernatural entity to cease haunting a place, often by ritual or prayer; to exorcise or banish (a spirit or ghost).
Example: They were resolved to banish him if they could, and the spirit, who seemed to have an inkling of their design, was often heard singing in a melancholy tone:
Wae's me! wae's me!
The acorn is not yet
Fallen from the tree,
That's to grow the wood,
That's to make the cradle,
That's to rock the bairn,
That's to grow to a man,
That's to lay me.
4. lay (noun) — sense 4
Definition: Arrangement or relationship; layout.
Example: the lay of the land
5. lay (noun) — sense 5
Definition: A share of the profits in a business.
Example: While the Pequod lay at Nantucket, Peleg put Ishmael down for the three hundredth lay.
6. lay (noun) — sense 6
Definition: The direction a rope is twisted.
Example: Worm and parcel with the lay; turn and serve the other way.
Structure of the word
Roots:- legʰ (Proto-Indo-European)
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